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I say to you all, once
again—in the light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we
are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading
discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally
strong bond of friendship and trust."
So spoke Albus Dumbledore at
the end of Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his
fifth year at wizard school, it seems those bonds have never been more
sorely tested. Lord Voldemort’s rise has opened a rift in the wizarding
world between those who believe the truth about his return, and those who
prefer to believe it’s all madness and lies—just more trouble from Harry
Potter.
Add to this a host of other
worries for Harry…
• A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a
personality like poisoned honey
• A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
• Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
• And of course, what every student dreads: end-of-term
Ordinary Wizarding Level exams
…and you’d know what Harry
faces during the day. But at night it’s even worse, because then he dreams
of a single door in a silent corridor. And this door is somehow more
terrifying than every other nightmare combined.
In the richest installment
yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts the
unreliability of the very government of the magical world, and the impotence
of the authorities at Hogwarts.
Despite this (or perhaps
because of it) Harry finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what
even he knew; boundless loyalty and unbearable sacrifice.
Though thick runs the plot
(as well as the spine), readers will race through these pages, and leave
Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train back. |
